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KMID : 0878220100220020048
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Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
2010 Volume.22 No. 2 p.48 ~ p.59
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( The Association between Symptom Evaluation Index and Quality of Life according to Sasang Constitution in Men )
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Baek Young-Hwa
Yoo Jong-Hyang
Kim Ho-Seok
Jang Eun-Su
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Abstract
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1. Objectives: Sasang Medicine has been based on different medicine approach because people were different, so, this was a little different concept about health compared to other oriental and western medicine focused on existing Yangsaeng theory. We were announced Constitution health indicators for women, and this was follow-up study designed to identify Constitutional health indicators in men.
2. Methods: We recruited 171 men between 10 and 80, excluding individuals who have physically or psychologically serious disease among Korean population in Traditional Korea Clinics. They were diagnosed by Sasang Constitution specialists and confirmed clinically with Sasang constitution drug response with past medical records. We used CRF(Case Report Form, C-2009-002439) as measurement of physiological and pathological symptoms and SF-36 (Short Form-36) as measurement of health state. We analyzed association between physiological and pathological symptoms and health state with Two-way ANOVA.
3. Results: 23 items of 82 indicators in physiological and pathological symptoms were related to the quality of life, regardless of the constitution. There are 4 different symptoms associated with health state in men, such as regular of feces, hard to fall asleep, no problem in chest, feel heavy in chest according to Sasang Constitution.
4. Conclusions: From these Results, there are different items of physiological and pathological affected the Quality of life according to Sasang Constitution.
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KEYWORD
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Sasang Constitution, Quality of Life, SF-36, Physiological Symptoms, Sasang Health Index, Men
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